International Year of Cooperatives

OP-ED: Communication Missing in the International Year of Cooperatives

By Mario Lubetkin
Six months have passed since the beginning of the United Nations International Year of the Cooperatives (IYC). There can be no doubt it has fallen far short of its goal of calling the world's attention to this formidable instrument of social production.

Technology Bolsters Cooperatives’ Chances of Success

By Coralie Tripier
The success of cooperatives, values-based associations owned and managed by their own clients and hailed as an alternative business model, is highly dependent on their use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), experts say.


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